三自
Readings
Pinyin: sānzì
Wade-Giles: san-tzu
Hangul: 삼자
Korean MC: samja
Korean MR: samja
Katakana: サンジ
Hepburn: sanji
tam tự
three divisions
- Three divisions of the eight-fold noble path, the first to the third 自調 self-control, the fourth and fifth 自淨 self-purification, the last three 自度 self-development in the religious life and in wisdom. 〔大智度論 T 1509.25.172c13〕 [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill, Nakamura]
- Essence 自體, aspects 自相, and function 自用. See 三大. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill]
- 〔四分律 T 1428.22.592c15, 大日經 T 848.18.5c15, 大乘起信論義記 T 1846.44.274b17〕 [resp. Charles Muller]
Dictionary References:
Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 352
Bulgyo sajeon, 416a
Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 465a
Fo Guang Dictionary, 550
Ding Fubao
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 630-1*630-2
(Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, 75
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